How can DBT help you?
Regain control and find inner peace amidst life’s chaos
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) empowers you with practical skills to regain control and find inner peace amidst life’s chaos. It equips you with skills to communicate effectively and build fulfilling connections. Your self-discovery will be enhanced by unique applications of DBT that are custom-tailored to your needs and goals.
- Are you tired of feeling like your emotions are controlling you?
- Struggling with turbulent relationships?
- Feeling lost or disconnected from yourself?
DBT transcends mere symptom management. It empowers you to:
- Effectively regulate your emotions, reduce impulsive behaviors and increase emotional stability.
- Improve your interpersonal skills, fostering healthier and more fulfilling relationships.
- Build distress tolerance, cope with difficult situations without resorting to harmful behaviors.
- Cultivate mindfulness, foster awareness and acceptance of the present moment, increase overall well-being.
How have we helped?
Here are some experiences shared by our clients
What is DBT?
DBT Provides the Tools You Need to Thrive
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is recognized as an effective treatment method for complex trauma, and its various presentations. At Viva, we approach all mental health challenges through the lens of trauma, which can manifest in various forms including multi-generational, pre-conscious, or ‘invisible’ trauma. We believe that the human system naturally seeks to adapt and cope with its understanding of the world in response to trauma.
Although we don’t use labels at Viva, DBT stands as a validated treatment method for challenges you may know as borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder. Its effectiveness extends to aiding those with self-harming tendencies, suicidal thoughts, addiction issues, eating disorders, and various impulsivity-related behaviors.
Want to know more?
Here are some more frequently asked questions
What does DBT treat?
DBT helps people who experience emotions intensely and struggle with managing those emotions in healthy ways. It can be helpful for people who have been through difficult experiences in their life, and who might deal with the highs and lows of life, keeping and maintaining relationships, turning frustrations inward, or unconsciously engaging in activities that are dangerous or harmful.
DBT provides individuals with practical skills and strategies to regulate emotions, manage distressing situations, improve interpersonal relationships, and cope effectively with life’s challenges.
What are Behavioral Therapies?
Behavioral therapies are basically a toolbox for learning new habits. They’re based on the idea that most behaviors are learned, and if you learned them, you can learn something new. These therapies help you identify patterns in your behavior and the situations that trigger them. Then, you work with a therapist to develop new skills and responses that are more helpful.
There are many different techniques used in behavioral therapy, but some common goals include:
- Reducing unhealthy behaviors (like procrastination or avoidance)
- Building helpful skills (like communication or relaxation techniques)
- Increasing positive behaviors (like spending time with loved ones or saying no to unhealthy choices)
Viva clinicians are trained to offer behavioral therapies such as CBT, DBT, and ACT.
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